VIDEO - Never forget: Firefighters conduct 9/11 memorial stair climb

Firefighters from the 507th Fire Flight on Tinker Air Force Base commemorate the lives lost in the 9/11 attacks with their annual 110 floor stair climb, Sep. 11, 2022. This was the 15th iteration of the memorial stair climb. (U.S. Air Force video by Staff Sgt. Jasmine Czajka)

Maintenance airmen capitalize on KC-135 training opportunity

Master Sgt. Marcus Robello, the 507th Maintenance Squadron Flight Chief, poses with a KC-135 before assembling his team to do maintenance on it on Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, July 29, 2022. Robello has been working as a crew chief for 15 years. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jasmine

Reservists build a bridge of service around the world

TINKER AFB, Ok. – Tucked away in a rural town of Nigeria, lies a small mission hospital where a young Ifiok Idem and Emem Idem worked together as local doctors. One day, someone was in dire need of surgery and a blood transfusion, yet there was not enough blood in the blood bank.

Just keep swimming; Reservists train on water survival

​TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – Thirty U.S. Air Force Reserve aircrew members from the 507th Air Refueling Wing and the 513th Air Control Group here attended a water training exercise at a local wave pool for water survival recertification, June 4, 2022.

ON-FINAL NEWS BULLETIN – July 9, 2022 (Vol 42, No. 7)

ON-FINAL NEWS BULLETIN – July 9, 2022 (Vol 42, No. 7)(Click headline to follow link to story and photos)Just keep swimming; Reservists train on water survivalReservists with the 507th Air Refueling Wing and the 513th Air Control Group perform water survival training June 4, 2022, at Hurricane Harbor

Just keep swimming; Reservists train on water survival

Reservists with the 507th Air Refueling Wing and the 513th Air Control Group perform water survival training June 4, 2022, at Hurricane Harbor in Oklahoma City. Training is required every three years for aircrew, and is designed to train members on how to survive an emergency water scenario long

Under Secretary of the Air Force visits Tinker AFB

During the visit, Jones traveled to the Oklahoma City Air Logistic Complex, which is the largest maintenance depot within the Air Force Materiel Command and supports various aircraft and engine workloads.

How to Buy Back Military Time

Eligible military service time can be added to a federal employee’s retirement date. This action is called a military deposit under the Federal Employee Retirement System, or better known as “buying back” military time.

ON-FINAL NEWS BULLETIN – April 30-May 1, 2022 (Vol 42, No. 5)

Air Mobility Command reopens Space-Available travel

As of April 22, all restrictions on space-available (Space-A) travel have been lifted.